NWP Authors

Joe Check

Boston Writing Project

Joseph Check is with the Boston Writing Project at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) and is facilitator of the National Writing Project Professional Writing Retreats. He is the author of numerous articles about writing and literacy as well as the book Politics, Language, and Culture: A Critical Look at Urban School Reform (Praeger, 2002). He chairs the department of educational leadership in the Graduate School of Education at UMB and also directs the Leadership in Urban Schools doctoral program.

By Joe Check:

• NWP Professional Writing Retreat Handbook
  2007
• I Teach, (I Feel), I Write: The Effects of Emotion on Writing About Schooling
  The Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2004
• On the Experience of Writing Politics, Language, and Culture: Critical Look at School Reform
  The Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2004
• Reflection and Reform
  The Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2002
• Imaginary Gardens and Real Issues: Improving Language Arts in the Urban Elementary School
  The Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2000
• Mandated Reform vs. Classroom Reality
  The Voice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2000
• Growing the Boston Writing Project: The Lessons of 20 Years
  The Voice, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999
• Book Review: Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, by Lisa Delpit
  The Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996
• Book Review: Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge, by Cochran-Smith and Lytle
  The Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1993
• Book Review: Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, by Jonathan Kozol
  The Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992
• Stories Inside Stories: Creating Successful Writers in an Urban High School
  The Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990
• Real World Meets Writing Process - A Successful Workplace Writing Program for High School Students
  The Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987